UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29491

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29491
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29491.json
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Published
2023-04-14T01:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:14Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1
5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1

6.*

6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1
6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1

Affected versions

6.*

6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1
6.0+20171125-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.2-0ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-0ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1+20190803-1ubuntu1
6.1+20191019-1ubuntu1
6.2-0ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "6.2-0ubuntu2.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.3-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.3-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

6.*

6.2+20201114-2build1
6.2+20201114-2build2
6.3-1
6.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

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        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "6.3-2ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}